After a couple of days of gales followed by a deluge yesterday several migrants realised it's time to get going with todays haul including minimum counts of 20 Willow Warbler, 15 Lesser 'throat, 8 Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, Hobby & Yellow Wag. Offshore still poor with 10 Oyk south the highlight. If any of you are wondering what's happened to the Wheatears this autumn then so are we. Although declining bird populations are the norm since the mid-1990's onwards lets hope that some of the northern populations of Wheatears have not fared as poorly as their southern cousins and numbers pick up over the next few weeks.
Ringing: 9 Willow Warbler, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 1 Blackbird, 1 Grey Wagtail.